GAS EXPLOSION-LAWSUIT- Company sues over Bushland explosion

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - El Paso Natural Gas has gone to courtseeking to relocate a line around a Bushland neighborhood where anexplosion left three people hurt. The Amarillo Globe-News reported Thursday that the Houston-basedcompany seeks the right of way to bury a new natural gas pipelinenear where the fiery rupture happened Nov. 5. The company in December announced plans to reroute the pipelinemore than 600 feet west of the neighborhood where the accidenthappened. The condemnation lawsuit, filed March 25 in federal court inAmarillo, says at least one landowner is unwilling to let thepipeline run through the family's land. El Paso spokesman Richard Wheatley on Wednesday said the companyhas tried to reach a fair, amicable agreement with landowners. Bushland is a town of about 1,500, located 15 miles west ofAmarillo. --- Information from: Amarillo Globe-News, http://www.amarillo.com

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